The Destiny Alpha first thought’s and reaction’s

Recently I was invited to participate in the alpha for Bungie’s new game Destiny. I was able to try out one of the game’s story mission’s, explore a massive slice of the game world as well as a three team raid and the multiplayer. I wanted to share my thought’s with everyone who might be on the fence about the game. First off Destiny is a absolute stunner with gorgeous lighting and incredible vista’s, helping to bring this amazing science fiction world to life. I started off the alpha with the story mission which had me checking out activity in an old array station. The mission was pretty straight forward in it’s design but it did showcase how Destiny goes from open world MMO/RPG to tight responsive first person shooter and doesn’t miss a beat. Once I finished the mission I was set loose into a huge slice of the game’s open world, there was a airplane graveyard, a shipyard filled with massive ships, rusted and falling apart. Destiny does a great job of making it’s world varied and interesting to explore. The game then allowed me to scan for beacons that give the player a side mission to do, most of them being kill X number of enemies or kill a certain enemy or gather X amount of a certain item, these missions are a welcome distraction but they aren’t anything special and they do start to repeat after completing a few of them. I then decided to take part in a CO OP mission with two other players in which we had to destroy a target. The CO OP runs pretty well, with only match that had a minimal amount of lag. The three character classes work well in the CO OP with each player having their own skills and special powers with which to combat the various alien races with. The only issue I had with the CO OP was that at times it feels like you need more players with how things are balanced. I spent some of my time in the alpha at the hub area where the player can buy new armor and weapons as well as customize their ship and join their friend’s. Finally I jumped into a round of the game’s multiplayer and give it a shot. I personally did not like the multiplayer all that much, it has a very Halo feel to it with players having shields and being able to jump into the air and rain hell on other players, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. However I can see the multiplayer getting a pretty big community behind it in the weeks and months after Destiny’s launch. Overall my thought’s of Destiny are overwhelmingly positive, the alpha showcased a lot more than I was expecting it to show, giving me just a small slice of what the game has to offer. With an open beta in the coming months and release soon after, I can say that Destiny is looking like it is gonna live up to all the hype and be one of the biggest games of 2014.